Man Convicted In Stabbing Of San Francisco 49er Aldon Smith

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SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A man has been convicted of stabbing San Francisco 49ers player Aldon Smith in the leg during a party at Smith’s home outside San Jose on 2012, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.

Steven Raymond Barba, 28, initially pleaded not guilty on April 30 to assault with a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement and two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, Deputy District Attorney Charles Gillingham said.

But last week, the reputed street gang member, in an agreement with prosecutors, changed his plea to no contest to single counts of assault with a deadly weapon and being a felon with a firearm, according to Gillingham.

Barba was convicted last week in Superior Court in San Jose to felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm, Gillingham said.

Judge Hector Ramon is expected to sentence Barba to three years in state prison on July 14, Gillingham said.

Smith and his then-roommate, former 49ers tight end Delanie Walker, co-hosted a party on the evening of June 29, 2012 and the morning of June 30, 2012, at a rented luxury home outside of East San Jose, prosecutors said.

Late into the party, attended by hundreds of people who had become unruly, Smith, after learning that a person had brandished a firearm at a bartender, went to his garage and ordered the people outside to leave.

Someone then fired three shots into the garage and missed Smith and others. Smith would tell investigators that he went to retrieve a firearm, came back to the garage and a person uttered a “gang slur” at him.

Smith said he then told the people outside, “This is my house. I’m Aldon Smith.”

Someone then came forward and stabbed his leg twice, but did not seriously hurt Smith, Gillingham said.